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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎58r] (130/216)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (104 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1914-16 Jul 1919. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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[This Docunient is the Property of His Britannic Majesty s Government.!
TURKEY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
March 6.
Section 1
[9863
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Prince Lichnowshi.
(Confidential.)
bIR E. GRE1 presents ]iis compliments to the German Ambassador, and has the
honour to inform his Serene Highness that on the 3rd instant His Majesty's Ambassador
at Berlin was instructed to inform the German Government that His Majesty's Govern
ment were on the point of concluding their agreements with Turkey so "far as they
are connected with the proposed customs increase as distinct from the monopolies, and
that they hoped to reach complete agreement with the German Government in regard
to the proposed Anglo-German Convention respecting the Bagdad Railway and cognate
matters forthwith. Sir E. Goschen was further to explain that His Majesty's Govern
ment were, however, disturbed by the reflection that the British agreements both with
Germany and with Turkey could not, to a large extent, become operative until the con
clusion of corresponding agreements between the Bagdad Railway Company and the
Ottoman Government, and the Ottoman Government and the German Government, and
that progress in this direction did not appear to be very rapid. His Excellency was to add
that the 31st March was the latest date fixed for the ratification of the British agree
ments with Turkey, and, both on this account and in view of the urgent necessity of
Turkey for money, which could not be raised until the customs increase had been
agreed to, His Majesty's Government earnestly trusted that the negotiations at Berlin
might soon be concluded.
His Majesty's Ambassador has now been informed by the German Government
that the negotiations in question are in suspense, owing to the prolonged absence of
Djavid Bey at Paris, and, while the German Government are anxious for their early
conclusion, they evidently are far from confident that they will be resumed at an early
date, and they are able to give no indication of the date when a conclusion may be
anticipated.
His Majesty's Government have received this news with much disappointment;
they are being pressed to lay the British agreements before Parliament, or to disclose
their contents, and a prolonged delay will cause serious inconvenience and even
embarrassment. In these circumstances Sir E. Grey would greatly appreciate the
action of the German Government if they could expedite the progress of negotiations
in which his Majesty's Government are closely concerned, since their conclusion is a
necessary preliminary condition of the Anglo-German and the Turco-British agreements
being brought to a successful issue.
Sir E. Grey therefore trusts that it may still be possible for the Turco-German
negotiation to reach a conclusion before the 31st March.
Foreign Oifice, March G, 1914.
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps, and newspaper cuttings relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, British Consul for Arabistan, Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire (later Stuart Knox as acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ), the Government of India, Henry Babington Smith, President of the National Bank of Turkey, Louis Mallet, British Ambassador to Turkey, the British Consulate at Adana, Hugh O'Beirne, Counsellor to the British Embassy in Russia, Richard von Kühlmann, Councillor of the German Embassy in London, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Board of Trade, William Grey, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the British Consulate at Basra, Arnold Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Iraq, and Ibn Sa‘ud, ruler of Najd and its dependencies. Some of the correspondence comes as enclosures.

The documents relate to the latter stages of negotiations and partly consist of drafts and counter-drafts of the eventual agreement, which was never ratified because of the outbreak of the First World War. They also reflect Britain's involvement in the agreement between the Ottoman Turks and the Baghdad Railway Company. Also covered is a discussion about what to do in case of Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait's sudden death and territorial claims made by Ibn Sa‘ud on what may be Kuwaiti land.

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1 volume (104 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1c) is a subject index, arranged alphabetically. The numbering refers to the folio.

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Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers positioning in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. One document (folios 7-34) is an extract from a printed item that has its own internal pagination system, running from 125-179, before continuing from 180-205 (folios 38-50). The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 52a, 59a. There is one foldout in the volume, at folio 2.

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